Spring 2012

In this issue: Deaf Jewish women make themselves heard, expanding access and expanding consciousness. Remembering Paula Hyman (1946-2011). Why feminism and Judaism collide and cohabit in the lives of seven activists. Is the Statue of Liberty Jewish? A 30something immigrant daughter reflects on how her “greeneh” habits have made her honorably “green” among her friends. A porn vigilante sounds off.

Judith Plaskow, Martha Ackelsberg, Deborah Dash Moore and Rabbi David Ellenson, among others, reflect on the ways this academic and activist introduced gender into scholarship and altered how girls and women practice Judaism today.